Man&#39;s neckwear



March 24, 1925. 1,531,230

I. BERNSTEIN MAN S NECKWEAR Filed ma 21, 192

INQENTO ISHHC BERNSTEI N Patented Mar. 24, 1925 UNITED STATES ISAAC BERNSTEIN, or SAN FRANCISCO, CAIiIEORNIA.

MAN S NECKWEAR.

' 1 Application filed May 21, 1924. Serial No. 714,880.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ISAAC BERNSTEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mens Neckwear, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to made up neckties and particularly pertains to bow neckties of the type which are designed to resemble a bow tied by the wearer.

It is the principal object of the present invention to generally improve the construction of ties of the type referred to whereby to provide a bow necktie susceptible to adjustment by the wearer to obtain individual effect in the configuration of the tie and which is capable of being reversed to give longevity to the tie or to display differently figured or colored sides.

One form which the invention may assume is exemplified in the following description and illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a. length of tubing employed in the construction of the preferred form of the tie.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the frame of the tie and the tubing arranged to be positioned thereon.

Fig. 3 is a view of the necktie constructed according to my invention.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 indicates a pliable metal frame. This frame comprises a pair of flat strips 11 having enlarged ends 12. In forming the frame 10, the strips are arranged in parallelism and secured together at their centers. Each strip is then bent upon itself to shape the frame to the general outline of the tie as shown in Fig. 2.

To cover the frame I provide two pieces of fabric tubing 14 each of which is folded to provide two wings as shown in Fig. 2 and with its open ends adjacent so that the ends of the frame may be inserted therein.

The contiguous ends of the fabric pieces are stitched together when they are both as sembled on the frame. A metal strip 15 is then wound around the center of the tie to give the effect of a knot. Around this metal strip I arrange a fabric knot band 16 which is connected with the neckband or other device by which the tie may be mounted on the collar of the wearer. This knot band 16 is slidable on the metal band 15 so that by turning the tie in the knot band either side of the tie may be displayed. This practi cally doubles the length of life of the tie. This feature also permits opposite sides of the tie to be formed of differently figured or colored fabric so that the tie may be reversed and give the appearance of a different tie.

\Vhen forming the tie with differently figured or colored sides, each piece of fabric tubing 14 is formed of equally sized pieces of the differently figured or colored fabrics. This is illustrated in Fig. 1. It is obvious that when the pieces of fabric is folded as shown in Fig. 2 the wings will be formed of the different fabrics.

It is obvious that the construction of the tie permits the wearer to individually adjust the wings of the tie to a desired configuration. As the frame is made of pliable metal the wings will under ordinary circumstances retain their shape and the tie will resemble a bow tied by the wearer.

It is obvious that the tie here shown is simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture and possesses features rendering it adistinct improvement over former ties.

Although I have shown the preferred form of my invention, various changes in its construction may be made without departin from the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bow necktie comprising a frame, said frame being formed of a pairv of strips of pliable material secured together at their centers and bent upon themselves to form a pair of wings at each end of the frame, a strip of fabric tubing for each end of the tie, each strip being folded upon itself forming a pair of wings into which the wings of said frame are inserted, the wings of said frame being readily bendable whereby the wings of the tie may be individually shaped to suit the wearer.

2. A bow necktie comprising a frame, said frame being formed of a pair of strips of pliable material secured together at their centers and bent upon themselves to form a pair of wings at each end of the frame, a strip of fabric tubing for each end of the tie, each stri being folded upon itself forming a pair 0 wings into which the wings of said frame are inserted, the Wings, of said frame being readily bendable whereby the wings of the tie may be individually shaped to suit the wearer, and a knot band slidably mounted on said tie whereby the latter may be reversed. V

3. A bow necktie comprising a frame, said frame being formed ofa pair of strips of pliable material secured together at their centers and bent upon themselves to form a pair of Wings at each end of the frame, a strip of fabric tubing for each end of the tie, each strip being folded upon itself formto suit the wearer, a metal band secured around the center of said tie, a fabric knt band disposed over said metal band and carrying means for connecting the necktie to the collar of the wearer, said knot band being slidably disposed on said metal band whereby said necktie may be reversed.

ISAAC BERNSTEIN. 

